Why tech firms are out of tune (BBC) [LWN.net]

Why tech firms are out of tune (BBC)

Posted Jan 12, 2004 2:08 UTC (Mon) by XERC (guest, #14626)
In reply to: Why tech firms are out of tune (BBC) by ccchips
Parent article: Why tech firms are out of tune (BBC)

...with other people, who agree to do the same: buy a really expensive
hardware and software in stead of food and clothes(or a car?), but HEI,
hold on a second!!! We've got lots of various patents. How does anybody ever dare to produce(or even publish, as software patents apply to
poster design, websight design and any information related to software internals, even if the
methods are implemented directly in hardware) a computer, that does anything
different from that of M$'s will?

Oh well, lets just hope, that the European commision is not dull or indirectly corrupted enough to legalize software patents. The European Parliament's desicion was certainly a weird positive miricle.

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Why tech firms are out of tune (BBC)

Posted Jan 12, 2004 6:45 UTC (Mon) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]

Unfortunately the European Parliament will probably be ignored on this issue by the European Commission, the real European government, which is of, by, and for the corporations.

Why tech firms are out of tune (BBC)

Posted Jan 12, 2004 20:32 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

s/corporations/bureaucrats/

Their interests often coincide, but they're not the same.